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People walk by a monitor which reports on the bail of former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., Carlos Ghosn, in Osaka, western Japan Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Disguised as a construction worker, Ghosn left a Tokyo detention center Wednesday after posting 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) bail. The letters, bottom, read " Conditions for his release." (Kyodo News via AP) AP

In this March 6, 2019, photo, former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, foreground, and his lawyer Takashi Takano, rear, chat in a car after Ghosn was bailed out from Tokyo's Detention Center in Tokyo. The mystery of Carlos Ghosn's strange attire when he was released from Japanese detention has been solved, with his lawyer Takano saying Friday, March 8, that it was an effort to protect the former chairman of Nissan from intense media attention. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Eugene Hoshiko, AP

In this March 6, 2019, photo, Takashi Takano, right, lawyer of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, with some security guards carry bags and other belonging believed to be of Carlos Ghost from Tokyo Detention Center in Tokyo. The mystery of Ghosn's strange attire when he was released from Japanese detention has been solved, with his lawyer Takano saying Friday, March 8, that it was an effort to protect the former chairman of Nissan from intense media attention. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Eugene Hoshiko, AP

In this March 6, 2019, photo, Takashi Takano, center, lawyer of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, carries bags and other belonging believed to be of Carlos Ghosn from Tokyo Detention Center in Tokyo. The mystery of Carlos Ghosn's strange attire when he was released from Japanese detention has been solved, with his lawyer Takano saying Friday, March 8, that it was an effort to protect the former chairman of Nissan from intense media attention. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Eugene Hoshiko, AP

In this March 6, 2019, photo, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, in blue cap, walks out with security guards from Tokyo Detention Center in Tokyo. The mystery of Carlos Ghosn's strange attire when he was released from Japanese detention has been solved, with his lawyer Takashi Takano saying Friday, March 8, that it was an effort to protect the former chairman of Nissan from intense media attention. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Eugene Hoshiko, AP

In this March 6, 2019, photo, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, in blue cap, walks out with security guards from Tokyo Detention Center in Tokyo. The mystery of Carlos Ghosn's strange attire when he was released from Japanese detention has been solved, with his lawyer Takashi Takano saying Friday, March 8, that it was an effort to protect the former chairman of Nissan from intense media attention. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Eugene Hoshiko, AP

In this March 6, 2019, photo, former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, right, sits with his lawyer Takashi Takano, left, in a car Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Tokyo, following Ghosn's release. The mystery of Ghosn's strange attire when he was released from Japanese detention has been solved, with his lawyer Takano saying Friday, March 8, that it was an effort to protect the former chairman of Nissan from intense media attention. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Eugene Hoshiko, AP

In this March 6, 2019, photo, as a TV crew is reflected on a car window, former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, right, travels with his lawyer Takashi Takano, left, in a car in Tokyo, following his release in Tokyo. The mystery of Ghosn's strange attire when he was released from Japanese detention has been solved, with his lawyer saying Friday, March 8, that it was an effort to protect the former chairman of Nissan from intense media attention. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Eugene Hoshiko, AP

A masked man, center with blue cap, believed to be former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, walks out with security guards from Tokyo Detention Center in Tokyo Wednesday, March 6, 2019, after posting 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) in bail once an appeal by prosecutors against his release was rejected. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Eugene Hoshiko, AP

A masked man, center with blue cap, believed to be former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, walks out with security guards from Tokyo Detention Center in Tokyo Wednesday, March 6, 2019, after posting 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) in bail once an appeal by prosecutors against his release was rejected. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Eugene Hoshiko, AP

A masked man, center with blue cap, believed to be former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, walks out with security guards from Tokyo Detention Center in Tokyo Wednesday, March 6, 2019, after posting 1 billion yen ($8.9 million) in bail once an appeal by prosecutors against his release was rejected. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Eugene Hoshiko, AP

“This is a very special day for the alliance,” Renault SA’s chairman, Jean-Dominique Senard, told reporters after a meeting at Nissan’s Yokohama headquarters. He spoke to reporters along with Renault’s chief executive, Thierry Bollore; Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa; and Osamu Masuko, CEO of the smaller Japanese alliance partner Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

Renault SA CEO Thierry Bollore (L), Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard (C-L), Nissan Motor Co. CEO Hiroto Saikawa (C-R) and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. CEO Osamu Masuko (R) shake hands during a joint news conference on March 12, 2019 in Yokohama. Japan. They announced on Tuesday that Senard will act as Chairman of the new operating board of the three companies' alliance, with the CEOs of Nissan, Renault, and Mitsubishi Motors also joining the board.(Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

The alliance did not announce any changes in mutual stake holdings. The new board, consisting of those four executives, will meet every month in Paris or Tokyo and oversee various projects, helping to make the companies’ operations more efficient, they said.

Ghosn still is one of eight members of Nissan’s board. He had asked to attend the board meeting but was conspicuously absent after the Tokyo District Court rejected his request on Monday.

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He needed court approval to attend because conditions for his release last week on 1 billion yen ($9 million) bail, after more than 100 days in custody, prohibit actions that may enable him to tamper with evidence.

Ghosn has been charged with falsifying financial reports by underreporting his income and with breach of trust. He says he is innocent.

Nissan board member Greg Kelly was arrested in November along with Ghosn and accused of participating in a scheme to underreport to the Japanese government millions of dollars in compensation. Nissan operates a vehicle assembly plant in Smyrna, and its North American headquarters is located in Franklin.

When questioned about Ghosn’s case, Senard said he believed that people are presumed innocent until proven otherwise. He declined comment on whether Ghosn, who remains on Renault’s board, will be allowed to attend its meetings even if he is able to leave Japan. At the moment, as he awaits trial, he is barred from leaving the country.

Nissan has not yet named a new chairman to replace Ghosn. Senard said he would not pursue that post. Senard will be chairman of the new alliance board and hopes to become vice chairman at Nissan, he said.

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Gov. Lamar Alexander, left, is escorted by state troopers to a Datsun pickup truck used in the groundbreaking for the $300 million Datsun plant Feb. 4, 1981, in Smyrna. Union members booed and jeered during the ceremony because Datsun maker Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. is contracting with a South Carolina firm that will use union and non-union labor to build the plant. AP

Alvin G. Folger, vice president of engineering at the Nissan automobile manufacturing plant being built in Smyrna, stands proudly among the machinery workers used to bring the new plant close to completion July 7, 1982. The date for the first truck to make its way through the assembly line has been set for August 1983, according to Folger. Frank Empson / The Tennessean

This is one of the first small pickups made at the Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corp. U.S.A.'s truck plant in Smyrna. The truck went on display during the second annual Automotive News World Expo at Detroit's Cobo Hall on July 11, 1983. Truck production at Smyrna, where the first vehicle rolled off the line June 16, should reach about 7,500 a month by the end of this year and rise about 10,000 monthly by the middle of next year, according to Nissan. RAS, AP

Standing at the podium, Marvin Runyon, president of Nissan USA, looks at one of the new Nissan trucks presented during the dedication of the Nissan USA plant in Smyrna on Oct. 21, 1983. To Runyon's left is Takashi Ishihara, president of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. Mark Humphrey / AP

Takashi Ishihara, left, president of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., shakes hands with Marvin Runyon, president of Nissan USA, and Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander after the three unveiled a plaque at the dedication of the Nissan plant in Smyrna on Oct. 21, 1983. AP

Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander, left, and Nissan USA President Marvin Runyon unveil a Nissan Sentra passenger car May 11, 1984, at the Nissan plant in Smyrna. Runyon announced the plant will begin production of the Sentra in April of 1985. Mark Humphrey / AP

Marvin Runyon, president of Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corp. U.S.A., speaks at the celebration of the 100,000th Nissan pickup coming off the assembly line at the Smyrna plant Oct. 25, 1984. Dan Loftin / The Tennessean

The 100,000th Nissan pickup comes off the assembly line at the Nissan plant in Smyrna on Oct. 25, 1984, as the company celebrates 16 months of production at its first U.S. manufacturing facility. Dan Loftin / The Tennessean

Employees work on a Nissan Sentra as the first U.S.-produced Nissan automobiles make their way down the assembly line at the Smyrna plant March 22, 1985. The first Sentra was scheduled to roll of the line four days later. Billy Easley / The Tennessean

Lisa Brown works on a door handle of a Nissan Sentra as the first U.S.-produced Nissan automobiles make their way down the assembly line at the Smyrna plant March 22, 1985. The first Sentra was scheduled to roll of the line four days later. Billy Easley / The Tennessean

Products technician Kenneth Falls checks the final assembly of a Nissan pickup truck Jan. 13, 1986. It is one of the new models being produced at the Smyrna plant. Nissan officials project production of 2,886 of the trucks and 5,632 Sentra cars for January. Dianne Kelley / The Tennessean

Workers on the trim and chassis line at Nissan’s Smyrna plant install part of the interior on a Sentra on June 19, 1987. The Nissan Motor Manufacturing Co. U.S.A. there is now in its fourth year of vehicle production and is ranked No. 3 in quality control for its passenger cars in a national survey by J.D. Power. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

A Nissan inspection group reviews defects found in vehicles produced the previous day June 19, 1987, at the plant. The Smyrna operation’s vehicle evaluation scores are higher than corporate standards. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Reporters crowd around Carolyn Goggin, left, of Clarksville and Jerry Benefield as he hands her the keys to her new truck July 19, 1989. Goggin won the pickup, the 1 millionth vehicle produced at the Smyrna plant, in a contest sponsored by a dozen Middle Tennessee Nissan dealers. Nancy Rhoda / The Tennessean

Nissan Sentras roll through a welding station at the Nissan assembly plant in Smyrna on June 6, 1991, where the work is done by robots. Nissan is expanding its Smyrna plant to add a third vehicle line. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

Richard Savage, front left, and other Nissan workers applaud as trucks roll off the assembly line at the Smyrna plant June 5, 1996. The trucks are part of the 100 produced at the plant for use by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games during the Summer Olympics. Mark Humphrey / The Tennessean

Ricky Caldwell, left, and Brian Hill install a windshield on a Nissan Sentra at the company's Smyrna plant Nov. 8, 1996. The company plans to move the Sentra line to Mexico and replace it with another vehicle. Rick Musacchio / The Tennessean

William Terry, a Nissan employee for seven years, puts the last of the trim on one of the first 1998 Altimas coming off the assembly line at the Nissan plant in Smyrna on May 28, 1997. D. Patrick Harding / For The Tennessean

At first glance it appears Starwood has a major event underway by the volume of vehicles parked in its lot Dec. 17, 1997. Nissan is using the Starwood Amphitheatre parking area for a staging area as they await shipping to dealers. Officials at the Smyrna plant said they had a few fleet sales canceled and these cars and trucks will go out to dealers as needed. Randy Piland / The Tennessean

Yvette Russell puts gas into the last Sentra to come off the final line at the Trim and Chassis Plant at Nissan Motor Manufacturing Co. on March 19, 1999. Starting next week, the Smyrna Nissan plant will make its new SUV, the XTerra, while the Sentra will be made in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Lisa Nipp / The Tennessean

One of Nissan's new Xterras rolls off the assembly line at the plant in Smyrna on April 19, 1999. The SUV is the first new vehicle Nissan has produced in seven years. D. Patrick Harding / The Tennessean

A Nissan Xterra moves along the final inspection line at the Nissan plant in Smyrna on April 19, 1999. The Xterra is Nissan's newest entry into the sport utility vehicle market and its first that is designed, engineered and manufactured in North America. Mark Humphrey / AP

James Patterson installs a door wiring harness on a Nissan Altima while riding a "Limo" to help productivity at the Nissan plant in Smyrna on June 14, 2001. A "Limo" helps workers save steps as new cars move down the assembly line. George Walker IV / The Tennessean

Gov. Don Sundquist, right, and Nissan's Emil E. Hassan answer questions about Nissan's decision to bring production of the new Maxima to the plant in Smyrna on Sept. 27, 2001. Adriane Jaeckle / The Tennessean

A Nissan Frontier slowly moves down the assembly line as production technician Jane Cooper installs the driver seat June 25, 2003, at the Smyrna plant. Nissan will soon begin manufacturing the Pathfinder on the same line. Eric Parsons / The Tennessean

Dan Gaudette, left, senior vice president of manufacturing and quality assurance for Nissan North America, talks with Gov. Phil Bredesen after the launch of the 2005 Pathfinder at Nissan's Smyrna plant Aug. 30, 2004. Project manager Mark Sharp sits in the driver's seat of the new SUV. Larry McCormack / The Tennessean

Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, center, answers reporters' questions along with Nissan executives Dan Gaudette, second from left, and Greg Daniels, left, regarding Nissan's plan to build hybrid vehicles at the manufacturing plant in Symrna during a luncheon in Nashville on June 17, 2005. Production of the gas-electric Altima will begin in 2006, said Gaudette, Nissan's senior vice president of North American manufacturing and quality assurance. John Russell / AP

"This is our major, core manufacturing facility in North America," Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn said of the company's Smyrna plant, where he unveiled the 2007 Altima on April 13, 2006, on a visit. "It is, I would say, the mother plant. This is where we have the most expert people." Jeanne Reasonover / The Tennessean

Employees applaud as the first 2008 Nissan Altima Coupe comes off the assembly line at the Smyrna manufacturing plant April 30, 2007. Company officials say they have already booked orders for 1,200 vehicles in advance of the official start of sales. Mandy Lunn / The Tennessean

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Carlos Ghosn steps from a Nissan Leaf as he arrives at the lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility dedication ceremony at the Nissan plant in Smyrna on May 26, 2010. In the back seat is Gov. Phil Bredesen. John A. Gillis / DNJ

Susan Brennan, left, the vice president of manufacturing at the Nissan Smyrna plant, left, speaks with Gov. Bill Haslam after the completely redesigned 2013 Altima rolled off the Smyrna assembly line May 15, 2012. It's the automaker's most important vehicle in the U.S. and the Smyrna plant's main product. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean

Julie Corcoran with Nissan watches battery parts move down an assembly line at the plant in Smyrna where lithium-ion batteries are made for the Nissan Leaf on Jan. 10, 2013. Steven S. Harman / The Tennessean

Workers at the Nissan assembly plant in Smyrna check the finish of vehicles during the painting process at the new energy-efficient paint facility April 17, 2013, that is part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings, Better Plants Challenge. Sanford Myers / The Tennessean

Workers check the exterior finish of an all-electric Leaf as it moves along the assembly line at the Nissan plant in Smyrna on April 25, 2013. A Leaf wends its way through the assembly process about once every 15 minutes, interspersed with the steady stream of Altima sedans and coupes and Maxima sedans. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean

Tennessee Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd, left, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, Gov. Bill Haslam, Nissan Vice President of the Smyrna Plant Randy Knight and Nissan Vice President of Supply John Martin gather at the launch for the 2016 Nissan Maxima on April 21, 2015. John A. Gillis / Gannett Tennessee

Doubts over the balance of power between Renault and Nissan had been growing after Ghosn’s departure.

The Japanese automaker was on the verge of bankruptcy 20 years ago, when Renault sent Ghosn to help lead its turnaround. Nissan is now more profitable than Renault.

Since Ghosn’s release, he has been seen in Tokyo on outings with his family.

He released a statement reasserting his innocence and calling his detention a “terrible ordeal,” but has not commented since.

Carlos Ghosn, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Nissan Motor, speaking to reporters during a press conference at the 2016 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 11, 2016.(Photo: GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty Images)

A statement released on Ghosn’s behalf expressed disappointment over his inability to attend Tuesday’s meeting.

“As an elected member of the board, Mr. Ghosn stands ready to fulfill his professional duties to the shareholders who elected him,” it said.

“It is unfortunate that the meritless and unsubstantiated accusations against him have blocked his ideas and perspective from being deployed in service of the company he served for the past 20 years.”